Successful research
results globally indicate that there is no doubt "Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) improve rural people's livelihoods"
(IDRC/Acacia Prospectus 2006-2011).

In a rural community
context, this phrase is widely understood to mean traditional and
modern electronic tools that include telephony, both mobile and fixed,
community radio transmissions, Television broadcasting, cinemas,
computer hardware, software and the Internet that help to access and